Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-17
New Set Of Rules for the Suppression
and Extirpation of Contagious
Cattle Diseases.
Alexander r. LGWtOn OF Georgia Ap-
pointed Minister PIenipOientiary
TO Austria Hungary.
Counsel for the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A NEW SET OF RULES.

the department III the Suppression and
extirpation of pleurO-pneumOnja and
other Infectious diseases. The chief OF
the Bureau of Animal Industry is requjred
to send inspectors to points where ne has
reason to believe any contagious disease
of cattle exists. The ms 2eC.or is re-
quire6, in case he finds the disease &C
tually exists, to impose q temporary
quarantine, notifying the owners
aud warning them not TO re-
move the guaranteed animals, under
pensIties imposed by Congress. The Chief
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry is re
quired to report to the Commissioner
whenever he is satisfied that contagious
disease exists in locality and that there
is danger of it spreading 10 other states
and territories, WhereupOn the Commits
sioDer Will quarantine that locality, cause
the diseased animals to be slaughtered
and the infected premises to be disln-
feCted Should any animals be permitted
to go into such district until the disin-
feCtiOn IS officially declared complete
St coud disinfeCtlon will be ordered at the
expense Of the owner. Al the Guaranteed
animals will he regarded as affected with
contagious diseases, and any person NOV
ing them from the iuttC1ed district VIII
VIII be prosecuted The chief of the
bureau may CsuSe exposed animals to to
slaughtered whenever il IL deemed ueCe.-
ssrv ~ prevent the spread OF the disorder
from one state or territory to another.
Provision IS made for the appraisal Of aud
payment for the sIaQgdterinG of animals.
Whenever il Is deemed necessary BY the
chief OF the buJe8u to supervise Gnd IL
spcCL any lines Cf TRANSPORTATION doing
business in-m0re tbeD one state, snd both
cars and stOCk-Tards in connection there
WITH, he is required to designate suitable
inspectors and make the necessary TegU-
latiOns for quarantine # such bOX-C8TS
and stCck-yaIds rs are suspected OF be-
ing infected. Whenever any inspector
is prevented or ObstruCted or interfered
with in the performance Of his
duty, he is required 20 call upon the
police authorities for aid and protection,
and if this IS denied, he Is TO call on the
United States marshal for q force end to
fie Information with the district ettCr-
ney. Should it be found Impossible to
infOrce these rules in any state, the COM
missioner, if he thinks the exigenCy re-
quires it, will declare the state in quaran-
tine, and auy person removing animals
therefrom, except on the certificate Of an
inspector Of the bureau, will be prose-
cuted. All previous rules and regula-
tiOns are revoked. The circular bearing
this code Of rules, contains also copy OF
the acts OF Congress, upon which they
are based.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-the President
to day made the following appointments:
Alexander r. LawtOU, Georgia, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenip0ten-
tiary TO Au>tr!a-Hungary.
Newman W. c. C0Hnell, Tennessee,
ChjefJustice Of the Supreme court Onion
tans Territory.
George S. Peters, OHIO, Attorney of the
United States for the territory OF Utah.
INTER STATE COMMERCE.
WASHINGTON, April Is -Holmes Cum
mings, general counsel for the Louisville,
New Orleans and Texas Railroad Com
pany, to-day addressed the commission in
support of the petition filed by that com
pany. He described he line of road and
said it touched the Mississippi at both
terminals and several intermediate points,
but lay at an average of twenty-five miles
from the river along the most
of it's route. 1t thus came into
direct competition with water lines at
several points, and it became necessary
to give lower rates to retain business. He
fled schedules published by barge and
steamboat lines, showing that they made
lower rates to competing points than at
way landings, He discussed the inten-
tons of the ir4mers OF the
Interstate commerce law, and said
that while they had forbidden al
increase of rates without due notice, they
had left full liberty to make reductions
al will. This he held to be an evidence
of a purpose to encourage and promote
competition such as his road proposed
and wished to continue. The Senate, he
argued had in view this very circum-
stance wher, by unanimous
vote, 1t inserted in the bill the words
''un Ter similar circumstances and condi-
tons" He quoted opinions expressed
by Senator Cul on in debate in support
of the theory that thi" amendment was
intended to relieve the ab5olutfsm Of the
bill. The laW-making body, he thought,
mad also in mind the decisions Of courts,
both state and federal, on this point
Several Of these decisions ne cited
briefly and argued that it was indi-
vidual discrimination which was
obnoxious to the law, and thai
a discrimination which treated all
alike, the discrimination which
was necessary in the case of his CON-
pany, was not to be disturbed. Believing
this 10 be the right Interpretation of the
| law, his company in the utmost good
faith was acting in accordance with 1t,
bu if it were, in the Judgment of the
commission, au erroneous Interpretation,
( then he asked relief, namely, the priv
! ilege of meeting the rates of water lines
a. competing points. The northern
connecting lines from Kansas City and
/ St Louis to Memphis had diff rently con-
strued the law, believing it Illegal 30 make
/ lower rates for logg than short hauls
under any circumstances unless expressly
authorized by the commission. Owing 10
| this division of opinion, the north tlatfic
WAS not suspended. There was an addi
tional reason for the prompt decision of
| the point by the commission. Mr.. Cum
mings states that the associated lines in
whose, behalf the long and short haul
clause was temporarily suspended ter
days ago were, under their Interpretation
of that order, making rates to Interior
| points which his road was unable to meet.
As he was about to conclude his re-
marks his attention was called to COM
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